Mess beef Mess beef Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates.
Message Mes"sage noun [ French, from Late Latin
missaticum , from Latin
mittere ,
missum , to send. See
Mission , and confer
Messenger .]
1. Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee.
Judg. iii. 20. 2. Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message . Message shell .
See Shell .
Message Mes"sage transitive verb To bear as a message. [ Obsolete]
Message Mes"sage noun [ Middle English , from Old French
message , from Late Latin
missaticus . See 1st
Message .]
A messenger. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Message stick Mes"sage stick A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information.
Messager Mes"sa·ger noun [ Middle English ]
A messenger. [ Obsolete]
Messenger Mes"sen·ger noun [ Middle English
messager , Old French
messagier , French
messager . See
Message .]
1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages. 2. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Yon gray lines
That fret the clouds are messengers of day.
Shak. 3. (Nautical) A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. 4. (Law) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent. Bouvier. Tomlins. Syn. -- Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner; precursor; herald.
Messenger bird ,
the secretary bird, from its swiftness.
Messet Mes"set noun A dog. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Messiad Mes·si"ad noun A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.
Messiah Mes·si"ah noun [ Hebrew
māshīakh anointed, from
māshakh to anoint. Confer
Messias .]
The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. And told them the Messiah now was born.
Milton.
Messiahship Mes·si"ah·ship noun The state or office of the Messiah.
Messianic Mes`si·an"ic adjective Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office or character.
Messias Mes·si"as noun [ Late Latin , from Greek .... See
Messiah .]
The Messiah. I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ.
John iv. 25.
Messidor Mes`si`dor" noun [ French, from Latin
messis harvest.]
The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See VendÉmiaire .
Messieurs Mes"sieurs noun plural [ F.; plural of
monsieur .]
Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs ., which is used as the plural of Mr .
Messinese Mes`si·nese" adjective Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans.
Messmate Mess"mate` noun An associate in a mess.
Messuage Mes"suage noun [ Confer Old French
mesuage ,
masnage , Late Latin
messuagium ,
mansionaticum , from Latin
mansio ,
-onis , a staying, remaining, dwelling, from
manere ,
mansum , to stay, remain, English
mansion ,
manse .]
(Law) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household. Cowell. Bouvier. They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds,
To lands in Kent, and messuages in York.
Tennyson.
Mest Mest adjective Most. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Mestee Mes·tee" noun [ See
Mestizo .]
The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies. [ Written also
mustee .]
Mester Mes"ter noun [ Obsolete]
See Mister , a trade.
Mestino Mes·ti"no noun ;
plural Mestinos See Mestizo .
Mestizo Mes·ti"zo noun ;
plural Mestizos . [ Spanish
mestizo ; akin to Old French
mestis , French
métis ; all from (assumed) Late Latin
mixtitius , from Latin
mixtus mixed, past participle of
miscere to mix. See
Mix , and confer
Mestee ,
MÉtif ,
MÉtis ,
Mustee .]
The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [ Spanish America]
Mestizo wool ,
wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
Mestling Mest"ling noun A kind of brass. See Maslin . [ Obsolete]
Mesymnicum Me·sym"ni·cum noun [ New Latin , from Greek
me`sos middle + ... a festive song. See
Hymn .]
(Anc. Poetry) A repetition at the end of a stanza.
Met Met imperfect & past participle of Meet .
Met Met obsolete
imperfect & past participle of Mete , to measure. Chapman.
Met Met obsolete
past participle of Mete , to dream. Chaucer.
Meta-, Met- Met"a-, Met- [ Greek meta` between, with, after; akin to Anglo-Saxon mid with, German mit , Goth. miþ , English mid , in midwife .] 1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, meta chronism, the error of placing after the correct time; meta phor, lit., a carrying over; meta thesis, a placing reversely. 2. (Chemistry) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric ; as, meta -arabinic, met aldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, meta cresol, etc. See Ortho- , and Para- . (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; - - said of acids; as, meta phosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.
Metabasis Me·tab"a·sis noun ;
plural Metabases . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to pass over; ... beyond, over + ... to go.]
1. (Rhet.) A transition from one subject to another. 2. (Medicine) Same as Metabola .
Metabola Me·tab"o·la Me*tab"o*le noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... change; ... beyond + ... to throw.] (Medicine) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
Metabola Me·tab"o·la Met`a*bo"li*a noun plural [ New Latin See 1st Metabola .] (Zoology) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.
Metabolian Met`a·bo"li·an noun [ See
Metabola .]
(Zoology) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.
Metabolic Met`a·bol"ic adjective [ Greek .... See
Metabola .]
1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change. 2. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.
Metabolisis Met`a·bol"i·sis noun [ New Latin ]
Metabolism. [ R.]
Metabolism Me·tab"o·lism noun (Physiol.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ( anabolism ), or destructive ( katabolism ).
Metabolism Me·tab"o·lism noun (Biol.) The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated.
Metabolite Me·tab"o·lite noun (Physiol Chem.) A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.
Metabolize Me·tab"o·lize transitive verb & i. (Physiol.) To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism .
Metabranchial Met`a·bran"chi·al adjective [
Meta- +
branchial .]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiæ.
Metacarpal Met`a·car"pal adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. --
noun A metacarpal bone.
Metacarpus Met`a·car"pus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; ... beyond, between + ... the wrist.]
(Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla .
Metacenter, -tre Met`a·cen"ter, -tre noun [ Prefix
meta- +
center .]
(Hydrostatics) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium. » When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the position of the body is stable; when below it, unstable.
Metacetone Me·tac"e·tone noun [ Prefix
met- +
acetone .]
(Chemistry) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C 6 H 10 O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.
Metachloral Met`a·chlo"ral noun [ Prefix
meta- +
chloral .]
(Chemistry) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.
Metachronism Me·tach"ro·nism noun [ Greek ..., ..., after the time, happening afterward; ... beyond + ... time: confer French
métachronisme .]
An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.
Metachrosis Met`a·chro"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... beyond + ... a coloring.]
(Biol.) The power of changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc. Cope.
Metacinnabarite Met`a·cin"na·bar·ite noun [ Prefix
meta- +
cinnabar .]
(Min.) Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in color.
Metacism Met"a·cism noun [ Latin
metacismus , Greek ... fondness for the letter ....]
A defect in pronouncing the letter m , or a too frequent use of it.
Metacrolein Met`a·cro"le·in noun [ Prefix
met- +
acrolein .]
(Chemistry) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor.
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